Abby Wambach Quotes

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success. ~ Abby Wambach

A champion never allows a short-term failure to take her out of a long-term game. ~ Abby Wambach

My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion. ~ Abby Wambach

If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great. ~ Abby Wambach

No I or individual is better than the team. I've scored no goals just on my own. Every goal I've ever scored has been because of someone else on my team, their excellence, their bravery. And I'm kind of the end product of a collection of a really good vibe, and feeling, and creativity on the field. ~ Abby Wambach

When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game. ~ Abby Wambach

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good. ~ Abby Wambach

My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be. ~ Abby Wambach

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do. ~ Abby Wambach

If we can trust each other and leave everything-all our hearts-out on the field, I think we're going to have something to come home to and cheer about. ~ Abby Wambach

I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes. ~ Abby Wambach

Four goals in (16) minutes. Literally I don't even know how that happens especially in a World Cup final. ~ Abby Wambach

I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself. ~ Abby Wambach

Wear what you want.
Love who you love.
Become what you imagine.
Create what you need.
You were never Little Red Riding Hood.
You were always the Wolf. ~ Abby Wambach

What keeps the pay gap in existence is not just the entitlement and complicity of men. It's the gratitude of women. Our gratitude is how power uses the tokenism of a few women to keep the rest of us in line. ~ Abby Wambach

If given a really great chance, I'm going to put it away every single time. ~ Abby Wambach

Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me. ~ Abby Wambach

Recently, on a call with a company hiring me to teach about leadership, a man said, "Excuse me, Abby, I just need to ensure that what you present is applicable to men, too."
I said, "Good question! But only if you've asked every male speaker you;ve hired if his message is applicable to women, too. ~ Abby Wambach

I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that. ~ Abby Wambach

This might sound masochistic or narcissistic, I don't know, but when I'm not playing the game, the validations I feel about life are always through the hardships. I relate more to sadness, in a lot of ways, when I'm not playing. ~ Abby Wambach

To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side. ~ Abby Wambach

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold. ~ Abby Wambach

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well. ~ Abby Wambach

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve. ~ Abby Wambach

It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings. ~ Abby Wambach

Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing. ~ Abby Wambach

You never know if you can actually do something against all odds until you actually do it. ~ Abby Wambach

One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and just run - not for time, not for exertion, but just to get the blood flowing. ~ Abby Wambach

My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just kept challenging me and challenging me. ~ Abby Wambach

Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off. ~ Abby Wambach

As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain. ~ Abby Wambach

I would love to be a mum if I'm blessed to have children. My wife and I have those plans. ~ Abby Wambach

When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players. ~ Abby Wambach

If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you. ~ Abby Wambach

I'm not in the business of politics. ~ Abby Wambach

Sometimes if you have a coach or team-mates for too long, you get caught in certain routines. I think it's good to shake up things a little bit. ~ Abby Wambach

I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup. ~ Abby Wambach

Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That's what we do at halftime. ~ Abby Wambach

Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training. ~ Abby Wambach

To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, it's a beautiful thing. It's really human. ~ Abby Wambach

As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself. ~ Abby Wambach

I think when young kids can see Jason Collins, myself and Michael Sam, and Abby Wambach and Megan Rapinoe and different athletes come out, it will definitely change and encourage younger gay men and women to play the sport. ~ Robbie Rogers

You can do as many sprints as you want but there's nothing like playing in a 90-minute soccer game. There's no better way to gain your fitness, in my opinion, than playing in consistent games. ~ Abby Wambach

I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions. ~ Abby Wambach

I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made. ~ Abby Wambach

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you. ~ Abby Wambach

Playing on turf affects everything, you know, it affects the way the ball rolls, it affects the way the ball bounces, it affects the way you think about whether or not going into a slide. It's kind of a nightmare. ~ Abby Wambach

My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S. ~ Abby Wambach

Women - who are feared by many to be a threat to our system - will become our society's salvation. ~ Abby Wambach

At the most elite level, your nutrition becomes a lifestyle: it's not something you have to do when you're preparing for Olympic games or World Cup games - you just do it. You're more inclined to eat healthier because it's better for your muscles. ~ Abby Wambach

I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me. ~ Abby Wambach

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff. ~ Abby Wambach

I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant. ~ Abby Wambach

I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst. ~ Abby Wambach

I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids. ~ Abby Wambach

My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association. ~ Abby Wambach

I don't care who scores the goals, I'm going to leave my human beingness on the field! ~ Abby Wambach

The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on. ~ Abby Wambach

[...] insist upon remembering. Because we know that the lessons of yesterday's loss become the fuel for tomorrow's win. ~ Abby Wambach

You must not only have competitiveness but ability, regardless of the circumstance you face, to never quit ~ Abby Wambach

I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons. ~ Abby Wambach

You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the world because frankly, in terms of my soccer, it doesn't matter. ~ Abby Wambach

Women must stop following the Old Rules, which exist only to maintain the status quo. If we follow the rules we've always followed, the game will remain the same. Old ways of thinking will never help us build a new world. Out with the Old. In with the New. ~ Abby Wambach

During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experience to stay focused, but it's like a bubble. I don't see much outside my own perspective. ~ Abby Wambach

Note: When they say you're ridiculous, you know you're onto something. ~ Abby Wambach

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete. ~ Abby Wambach

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played. ~ Abby Wambach

People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played. ~ Abby Wambach

The world needs to see women take risks, fail big, and insist on their right to stick around and try again. And again. And again. A champion never allows a short-term failure to take her out of the long-term game. A woman who doesn't give up can never lose. ~ Abby Wambach

When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence. ~ Abby Wambach

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American. ~ Abby Wambach

It's not pressure. It's responsibility We put it on ourselves. ~ Abby Wambach

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow. ~ Abby Wambach

I've always loved news. I've always loved storytelling and being where the scene is. ~ Abby Huntsman

Sure it will. That's part of it, Abby. It's a cutthroat business where the weak are eaten and the strong get rich. It's a marathon. He who endures wins the gold."
"And dies at the finish line. ~ John Grisham

He stands up, slowly, and puts his hands on the zipper of his jeans, where I notice there's a bulge that looks like someone stuck a cucumber in his pants. That can be his ... thing, can it? He undoes the button then his fly and then slides his jeans down. He's wearing those tight boxer-briefs things, like that guy in the Calvin Klein commercial, and I realize, it's definitely not a cucumber. ~ Sarah Darer Littman

Living forever is easy: be born again. (It's the relationship with your Saviour that's difficult) ~ Abby Morel

I should say no to prove a point", He said, his eyebrows pulled together. "But I would hate myself later if I said no and you never asked me again" - Travis ~ Jamie McGuire

I actually prefer Abby," she said.
"I'm sorry?"
"Nobody calls me Abigail unless it's my mom and she's mad. ~ David Pogue

Yeah? ... Oh, hell no, I got Pidge here with me. We're just gettin' ready to go to bed ... Shut the fuck up, Trent, that's not funny ... Seriously? What's he doin' in town" He looked at me and sigued. "All right. We'll be there in half an hour ... You heard me, douchebag. Because I don't go anywhere without her, that's why. Do you want me to pound your face when I get there?" Travis hung up and shook his head. I raised an eyebrow. "That is the weirdest conversation I've ever heard. ~ Jamie McGuire

She looked up and saw the right angles of time above her as the clock hit three. ~ Abby Slovin

The more love you get that you don't deserve, the more you can give it out without wanting anything back. ~ Abby Rosser

She didn't quite know how to translate faces; so she wondered about Jerry, but that's all she could do. ~ Abby Slovin

God, Abby, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, he said as he stared out the bay window onto the lake. The serene morning calm of the water was laughing at his riptide of emotions. In all his life, he'd never been as tortured as he was now. Rip his limbs apart, whip his back raw, waterboard him, anything but this. Because this ... this was far worse. It was her pain. Her torture that was destroying his sanity. He had no control over it. He couldn't stop it.
He hated that he wasn't strong enough to withstand this. Most of all, he hated that he cared so much about her.
Cause he knew.
He knew one certainty in all this.
She had managed to touch a piece of his ice-cold heart. And it wasn't letting him go. ~ Cindy Paterson

If you want people to like you, trying is the worst thing you can do. ~ Abby Shanley

[On her recently widowed father's much younger wife:] My father has been very busy in conjugating the verb to love, and I assure you he declines its moods and tenses inimitably. ~ Abby May Alcott

apart," Abby said. "Yes, except he could put it back ~ Anne Tyler

You can die of a broken heart
it's scientific fact
and my heart has been breaking since that very first day we met. I can feel it now, aching deep behind my rib cage the way it does every time we're together, beating a desperate rhythm: Love me. Love me. Love me. ~ Abby McDonald

Maybe Jeremy wasn't such an unfeeling robot after all. ~ Abby Sher

Light flooded their senses; for a split second Olivia, blinking in its brilliance, thought the light was actually yellow. Then she blinked again, and the room itself was yellow: yellow roses climbing the walls, a white and yellow canopy- of course, a canopy- matching the wadded silk bedspread, braided yellow rugs strewn across the bare wooden floorboards. Abby gave a little cry and ran to the curved windows opposite, where a riot of yellow and pink throw pillows lined the window seat. ~ Susan Gilbert-Collins

The less time you spend dreaming up a world of happily ever after, the more time you'll have to actually live
no evers or afters required. ~ Abby McDonald

I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn't likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks. ~ Abby Sunderland

My dreams were welcome; they were what felt real to me, and to wake in a world where Abby was not mine was the dream, the true nightmare. ~ Ashlan Thomas

For the first time since I was a little kid, hot tears burned in my eyes and dripped down one of my cheeks. Unable to restrain myself, I reached out for Abby, wrapped her small frame in my arms, and planted my lips on hers. Her mouth was cold and stiff, so I cradled her face in my hands, kissing her harder, desperate to get a reaction.
"Kiss me," I begged. ~ Jamie McGuire

Abby Hoffman said we should all eat what we kill. That would put an end to war. ~ Louise Penny

Winter's my favorite...The best parts are the coats and sweaters. Hugging all the warmth back in. ~ Abby Slovin

How many times has that happened? I find myself wondering. How many times have I sat, waiting, while he catches up with somebody else, somebody more important? ~ Abby McDonald

Fuck no, Trav, you're not pulling this shit! You're in love with Ab ... ," his eyes focused and he recognized his mistake, " ... by. Hey, Abby. ~ Jamie McGuire

I can't even think about words because the sunset stole them all. ~ Abby Slovin

This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn't the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals your voice and keeps you silent. ~ Abby Norman